Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 08:17:08 -0800 From: Forrest Howard <forrest@moosebear.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Using freebsd as a router for small network Message-ID: <v04020a01b2de2448e23b@[192.168.0.64]>
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I have a small network, which up to now been served by a farallon ISDN
router. The farallon box supports address translation, allowing several
machines to share a single ISP account.
I have a DSL line on order, and I'd like to use a free bsd box (boxes?) to
do the same function as the ISDN router. As I understand it the DSL line
has a ethernet RJ-45, and the terminus is assigned a static IP address.
Obviously the freebsd boxes would need two Ethernet NIC's.
My questions regard configuration:
1) Natd of course looks like it is just the solution.
2) Do I need an additional firewall with natd? I couldn't
tell for sure from the man pages
3) Do I need two machines? (or should I have 2 machines?)
I'd like to run a proxy server (squid?)
I'd like to run a Pop3 and SMTP server
I'd like to run dhcp server
If I run these on the natd macvhine, will things get confused?
Are there security implications that wants me to run these on the
intranet?
4) Are there other network services I want to configure.
5) Are there any pioneers out there that can warn me about
the pitfalls I'm likely to encounter?
Thank you in advance.
Forrest
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